This Is What Makes It A Home
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Every day we are closer and closer to being moved into our mobile home remodel, and each new day is even more exciting than the last!
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Actually, I don’t know why more people don’t insulate interior walls. Especially in a mobile home. Sound really travels. Insulation keeps that to a minimum . Great job!
Nancy VERY SWEET❣️ That’s What Ben & Meg NEED: GREAT POSITIVITY = GREAT MOTIVATION, You Are VERY Kind & Sweet❣️🥰❣️
If you're concerned about Noise, insulation in the walls is the beginning. Hollow core doors transmit sound like a megaphone. Solid core doors make a world of difference. From where I'm sitting, the laundry is 6' away. Yet when the door is closed, I hardly notice the noise.
When I built my house, every wall was insulated, inside walls an outside, cuts down on noise....
Nancy -- I agree! If a child is ill (for example) and needs to be heard, doors can be opened, etc. I spent many a night under the crib or next to the bed on the floor. BUT it is impossible to add insulation when it is kids havin' fun!
Insulation is not for keeping noise out...................................it's to keep your butt from freezing or burning up, according to the weather! Geeze people.
I wish Meg would do an Amazon wish list for her and the baby, so we can give her an online baby shower
YES PLEASE! Even if it’s just regular things! We’d love to shower your family!! Waves from N.C.
Me to
Yes, that would be awesome. PLEASE!!!!
I swear I was just thinking the same thing after watching another RUclipsr expecting provide one. We'd love to buy you things Meg!! Make it happen lol
Yes Meg....please do this. I want to send you something.
Love it. A child being in the state of mind to admire and appreciate a bathroom door. Memories of a Dad making a potato blaster. What can be better?
My husband learned a very valuable lesson. Never take your spud gun into the basement....and never stuff a tennis ball in it in said basement. It will attempt to take your head off no matter where you run
Ahhhh hahahahaha!
🤣🤣🤣
There is a longer story here and I for one am willing to provide the popcorn if you wanna tell it. 🍿
ROTFL
Oh my gosh, I nearly wet myself laughing!
You guys are mine and my husband's favorite youtube channel! If you like this comment it would be a great father's day present!!! :)
Happy Father’s Day!!! ❤️
@@TheHollarHomestead Thank you so much!! Best present ever!! Happy Father's Day to you too!!
"Oh gosh, that's a nice bathroom door!" Bless his heart! Out of the mouth of babes!!
That boy is so cool . I love how he helps his Dad . Helps Mom too .
Your boy's will be able to build their own home at this rate, you are a great example Ben 👏👍👪
Observation, next spring/summer, you will find Potato plants in odd places and maby wonder how that happened. Well.....
LOL
Yes, potatoes in the orchard! Our adult friend had so much fun with his.
I was thinking the same. Potatoes will be growing all over the property..lol
My thots too! 🥔 😁
My friends son did this with air potatoes in the neighborhood. Lots of volunteer air potatoes in neighbors flower beds!
This is just a dry run for you building your dream home when the time comes. You did great. Check out RUclips -RedPoppy Ranch. He bought 40 Acres in Southwest Idaho. He built his off-grid home for his family of 5or6 by hand by himself, right now he is building a massive workshop for himself. The weather he had to contend with is dramatically different, massive snow and long winters. But he did a great build, I think you might enjoy seeing his journey.
I LOOK forward to SUNDAYS TO WATCH RED POPPY. HE HAS HAMMERED
EVERY NAIL AND SHOVEL OF DIRT HIMSELF. HE IS AMAZING. HE LOVES HIS FAMILY DEARLY.
SEE YA SUNDAY.SHALOM. CHOW
YOU ARE DOING GREAT. LOVE YOUR VLOGS. KEEP DOING WHAT YOU DO
Now I’m going to have to check out his channel. 😀
Love, Red Poppy Ranch! Though not homesteading, Marshall Remodel is another great Vlog to watch. He has done everything himself from clearing land, to family build. He is so detailed. They are all so inspirational! Love watching Ben, Meg, and the boys during their journey. They have given us so much wonderful information for our own journey, but most of all, they keep it real! I appreciate that the most! Happy Father's Day, Ben!
You all have done an awesome job. Mama and the new baby will be ready to settle in once it’s done. The boys are learning so much as well. You inspire so many people, keep up the good work.
Meg would love the AC. I remember when I was going the have my baby the summer was the hottest for me
I think at 5:53 we all did a slight cheer with Ben, having watched this project progress. NO MORE FRAMING WIN!!!!
I totally agree.... a house without A/C is just a hot house🥵 We also insulated our interior walls after being in homes with children without it, we wanted sound barriers! After 30 years we are still glad we did it 👍
Ya`ll are my favorite , I`m just as excited about the progress of the home coming together as Meg is . Ben , you are like I said before , you are doing one awesome job . And what a Dad !!!! taking time out for fun with the boys. I`m wishing you a GREAT FATHER`S DAY tomorrow. Take the day off and enjoy the family .
My hubby has been spending the past few months helping our son and his new wife remodel their house on a homestead. Bedrooms, bath and now kitchen. Cabinets are amazing. We've put in raised beds and seedlings have taken off. Just waiting to finish kitchen and floors to get moved in. Then its chickens, pigs and goats to do more clearing. We will move out to the other side of the duplex after the tenant moves next year. I'm getting so excited. I live vicariously watching Ben and Meg and the boys. I raised two boys myself. Loved the adventure. Next chapter starting.
Congratulations on completing the framing! I am excited for your family. You have all worked so hard in creating your new life and it is such a pleasure for this 70 year old woman to see a young family follow their dreams.
Yes sound damping with a bunch of boys is a must. 4 boys and 1 baby girl.🤔😍
Oh no she wants another boy. But now you've started it... Boy or girl? I say 👧
👧 girl
Can you imagine what a tomboy that little girl would be ,with all those brothers.
👦 boy
@@auntiedee3242 right she would run the place
I think all interior walls should be insulated. Keeps noise from traveling from room to room. Kitchen noise to bedroom noise in early hours, etc.
So happy to see everything is coming together.
I have always wanted a pocket door! Love the pantry!
Happy Fathers Day!!!
Dont let the comments ruin your life you do whatever you think is right you are a great father and builder HAPPY FATHERS DAY
Thank you, for making me believe I can do things myself. My husband is away for work for more than half the year and i always feel i cant do projects without my handy dude around and i end up giving up entirely. But you've learnt how to farm, build a house, raise kids, butcher animals, preserve food, build stuff, engineer solutions....just because you want it, you learn how. Thanks, I've built my own raised beds, dug holes the size of swimming pools and chopped down trees, just because I had an idea and wanted it done. You taught me to just jump in and do it!
Yay!! So proud of you for jumping in!!
Love these guys. Thanks for sharing
They are incredible
They are almost a little town.
Awesome
So true they are great. Love how they show the good bad and the ugly of homestead life
Right very true
I love Meg's happy dance! So cute! Good work, too, Ben! I'm a former ICC certified Residential Building Inspector and you have my blessings - so phfffft on the nay-sayers!
We loved in a mobile home and yes you are so smart for insulating inside walls, trust me. You are doing an awsome job on this home!!!!
Great seeing you guys with Jess. X it is so lovely to see you guys stand back and see all your hard work x i remember when you giys first moved on,, you have achieved so much. It is great seeing your journey x
Yes! Boys are noisy and love their music loud! My boys loved the fact that I never stifled them, Lol
Ben it's coming together so fast now. You are doing an amazing job! I know she is always smiling and happy but Meg is really shining lately! Yalls boys are getting big and I feel like mama is really getting baby fever the closer it gets to time for the little one to come. Wish yall the best and can't wait to see what happens next. Thanks for taking us along.
LOL! Love the potato launcher. My son's friend made the mistake of using one in town and broke a car window!
Can we talk about how epic Bens hair is???
Isn’t it amazing? 😍 ~Meg
Yes it is like watching Absalom, beautiful,l love a man with long hair
Awesome framing gives it a nice progression. You are rocking it. 👍🤠🙋😍 oh btw. That's not the way to carry a box. You should carry it with a strap like. Tool belt around your waist.😜😂😂😳😃
Hahaha love YT comments.🙋😍
😆 😆 😆 I've heard you need to be certified to carry boxes too. Per OSHA compliance.😱😜😂
Nice one.
Nice too funny
And no one is saying anything about the Canon? ? 😜😂😳😃😱
Your lucky. Here in Australia you have to have an authorised electrician to do any type of electrical work. All work has to be signed off on.
So my thoughts on people commented on how you do or don't do things . Where are you? You should be lined up outside his place with all your qualifications , tools etc, ready to help, not hinder.
Your doing a great job...meg looks just beautiful & those boys are a joy...this story is getting better all the time...
She’s happy, that’s all that matters to you, Y’all are doing a great job, building your home and growing your food,raising animals and a family!
TO many plugs is never a bad thing!! Love that your blogs are increasing. Have missed you guys since your road trip!! You are my favorite blog!!! Keep em coming.
I wonder if the old owners are watching this channel. It would be neat, maybe bittersweet, to watch all of the new changes and growth!
I would like to apologize for ever trying to tell you what to do on YOUR build. Thank you for sharing your life with us.
Liked when you were swinging on the light support. Reminded me of the three summers in college that I worked at a Fleetwood trailer factory. As a girl electrician/ light fixture installer, the inspectors loved to hang from my ceiling light fixtures to harass me. "Just testing to see if it is done right" Turkeys! Oh well, I only had one fail. You are doing good work!
WOW...You are creating such a beautiful HOME!
I've been a electrician for 35 years and you are doing it correct. People comment that have no clue how to do any thing!!!! Don't let the masses mess with you. you are doing a great Job keep it up!!
Oh my....I'm smiling through this entire video. I'm SO stinkin' happy for you all. Ben you bust your butt! If we lived closer my hubby would love to help wire that place. He is an electrician. It is really coming together. I'm like a kid in a candy store for you all. Yay!!! Great job Ben on all your hard work. Can't wait for the next video!! Greetings from Wisconsin. Karen
Yep, RUclips definitely has more than enough "armchair expertise." Wow, you've done a lot of work since the other day! I'm really proud of you Ben. You guys keep the farm chores, gardening, etc. in tiptop shape, on top of the precious little spare time you have you're working away on your house! All that hard work shows, and each day you all get closer and closer to moving in!! Not only will that insulation in the walls help keep down noise, but it'll help keep it warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. It'll sure help cut down on your power bill! I'm so excited for you!💪👏👏👏👏
Many years ago when my son was about 11 (39 now) a friend and her son, my son and another boy went for a camp trip in a national forest camp ground. The boys all had their bikes and a potato gun. We had make a deal with the boys that when we got out of the camp ground we would stop off in open prairie and let the potatoes fly. 👍🏼 So, one day my friend and I went for a litte hike and the boys were riding bikes and holding down the fort/camp. When we got back to camp a ranger was there and all 3 boys were lined up sitting on a log with heads down oh oh faces. Aparently they couldn't wait and the Mom's were gone so blasted a couple of potatoes agaisnt trees. And aparently a potaoe gun is considered a weapon which is not allowed in National forest. A chargable offense. The ranger was a kind man who probably had children and got it and gave us a sly wink as he, kindly, put the fear of arrest and jail time to the boys. Good times! Fond memories! 😜
Before we did our addition we were checking studs, wiring etc and discovered the back of the house, the bedroom section was totally insulated. It all made sense because if we were in our bedrooms we didn't hear a thing going on outside. One time there had been a rather large, loud party into the see hours across the street and we didn't hear a thing. My bedroom is still in that section and I still love it!
I have been following your family for awhile now... It is so inspiring all the work you have done... literally from the ground up... stay focused... lol...
You have, if I understand correctly Two bedrooms, one, a master bedroom and a second, for the four boys. Is that the case? I lived in a mobile home on my farm for a time. Brings back memories. You are a very hard worker.
Awesome to see the place coming together for you.
Just look at how far you've come!! At this rate you'll be in by winter and just think what Christmas 🎄 will be like in your "new" home!!! Everyday brings you closer! So happy for you all!!
Interesting way to plant potatoes
Yessss the fun way 🤣
What a great team your family is. I love seeing families work together to build a dream life. It is hard work but, you can sit back and say, I did that. I grew that, I made that. You can go to sleep at night tired but feeling accomplished. What great examples you both are for your kids. You two are teaching your children valuable life lessons as they work side by side with you. They will always remember those times. They can take pride in the hard work they have done.
I have three mini splits, I love them, you don’t have to heat or cool the whole house!
Your house is going to look amazing! So happy for you! Fun times with the boys. Cool. I like the sliding door. We need a door like that for our shed cabin bathroom. Listen my husband , my daddy, my grandfather and my son are all electricians. I have all the faith that you know what your doing in your homes electrical. I trust that you are being very safe for your family. And God will protect you guys anyway if anything did happen. It’s about faith. And Happy Father’s Day! You are a super Dad mr. Hollar. Hope y’all enjoy it! Leslye
You are to nice. I think if people don’t like how you’re doing things tell them to fast forward to end.
... or go watch a different RUclips channel...
Meghan, you are so blessed to have a husband like Ben, he's so talented on many things. It seems like there nothing that he can't do. So happy for you and the boys, such a GREAT FATHER also and he makes it look like he enjoys it;all his knowledgebase. Everything is coming together and Meghan is so happy. Ben, have a great Fathers Day. Take some time for yourself,( except for daily chores) wait there's always something to do, go shopping for wiring and dry wall you'll enjoy that, - and Meghan will make you a special dinner. Love your videos and your family. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY,BEN.
This is going to be a wonderful home! Keep up the great work. Good daddy!
I have to say you guys are awesome.. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Even though our climate is different than yours - so much still applies. I live in Wyoming. I live vicariously through you guys. It’s a life I’ve always wanted, but it was not to be. Now I’m to old and ill to even attempt an off the grid life being self sustaining. Thank you humbly!!
You have some tough QC inspectors. Love your son reaction to the door.
I picture Thanksgiving dinner with all good from your land happening in that house 😁❤️❤️❤️
Love the progress! Man build it like you want to.. Only y’all know your circumstances. If ya can build it, do it. Great job!
i’ve been watching your channel when y’all found your property & now almost a year later y’all have come SO FAR! i feel so nostalgic/proud watching the mobile home coming together for the baby lol !
Congrats on finishing framing! I can't wait to see how the mini-splits perform in your new home.
I truly love watching your journey. I love seeing your children working right along side with you both. And still getting to be kids, growing up in a wholesome environment. They will know how to be self-sufficient, responsible adults. I admire your parenting skills.
So looking forward to watching your journey continue with your new, little addition.
Thanks for sharing your time & talent.
I'm so happy for y'all, It want be long now. One thing about it, having a mobile home, you can always build on later. More rooms if you want, a big screened in back porch, Brick it in. All sorts of things you can do over time. Everything takes money and time. All the hard work is paying off, you will soon be in your new home. New pretty much from ground up. Love you guys, and God Bless.
When you think you have enough outlets, add more!!!
That is the truth!
I am all about the mini splits! I am definitely going with that in my next home. The one unit is so inefficient. I wasn’t worried about the electric. You guys have been so conscientious and thoughtful about everything else.
Oh things are getting serious Ben let his hair down 🤣
I always wondered what Jesus looked like when he was a carpenter. Now I know. lol
Nice!! Great progress, and thanks for going through your thinking on the wiring situation. I think commenters forget that *you're the one who's there, ON SITE; and every build, every job, has to be fitted and molded INTO the situation that's already in place!* Especially on a remodel job like the one you're doing! So there are always going to be adjustments and balancing of needs vs. what the present (and sometimes, even past) situations were - and are. At any rate; thanks for taking us along, Ben; I feel like you're on schedule and working pretty well towards your goal! Oh; and you're SO right about insulating boys' rooms! That's a no-brainer!!! Looking forward to seeing the progress on this job!
What a great feeling it brings when these next steps are finished. I'm working on my kitchen right now so I totally get it. Love watching y'alls videos.
You two are going to look back on this venture and work even one year from now and say "Wow look at how far we have come." You both are setting such an awesome example for your boys and baby to come and to all of us watching and hoping for similar results in our ventures into homesteading. Many blessings to you! I've been watching since California and it's been awesome seeing your progress.
HAHA ! A potato cannon ! My son went through that in his teens. We used to camp on the other side of a golf course, free ammo :D
Building a beautiful home, its getting there !
What a great family. Love how the brothers help each other.Way to keep it simple.
Seeing the progress on your place makes us reminisce about doing all of those things ourselves more than a decade ago. Awesome progress, and a really smart call on the minisplits. Take care.
Love seeing both of you get so excited about AC. Simple things 🌻❤️
Wow, looks like the rate your getting the mobile home build done ,you will be in by winter this year.👍👍👍👍👍❤️♥️❤️♥️ your doing a awesome job on your home and homestead. Love watching your RUclips channel ❤️♥️❤️♥️🥰🥰🥰🥰
The mobile home is looking so good, great job Ben and sons.....also we insulated all our inner and outers when we built our house.....big family....lots kids.....and now grandkids....helps bills....and noise control.......oh noise control we love you
I’m glad to see you feeling more positive and more like you’re moving forward rather than stuck in a never ending hell!
Congrats
What great parents you are. Happy Father's Day!
It's coming along so nicely! Thank you for taking the time to teach things the way that you do. I hope that people questioning and commenting are being as respectful as the way you are explaining it.
Seeing the framong completed must give you a reference point to be able to reflect back and think just how far you've come when the end was only a fantasy. Are you ow able to.get a glimpse of the end in sight yet?
You are the perfect example of showing those who have a dream hoping and waiting to happen. Dreams happen after a lot of hard work and perseverance. Rarely do they ever happen by a stroke of magic.
Great Job !
Mini splits are great!
My husband is an HVAC contractor. We're putting mini splits in our new home. We currently have zone systems in our house now too. We love the control we have with different areas of the house.
Pressed like even before beginning to watch the video, because you know it's going to be awesome!
Greetings from Sweden as always
I SOOO agree! If the Hollar's posted a video I can't wait to watch because they're all impressive and amazing (the family and the videos!)
It is coming together so exciting and Meg laughter is infectious she is such a optimist and happy personne. What a gift you all have all that good humeur Wow wow , you make my day. Love your garden. Wish you the very best. , you have made such big progress, love your beautiful family shalom
So basically everyone Ben knows what hes doing. Stop trying to back seat drive. 😁
Ben knows his stuff... he has shown it many times before.... Building codes and all, or he wouldn't do it
I’ve read some of the so called “experts” comments and realized these so called “experts” have no idea what they’re talking about.
You work so hard, Ben. I love to see your boys watch you. They will always remember their dad worked hard for all he had and gave them. 💙 My husband is cut from the same cloth and we have two boys ourselves, it is lessons like that which I hope stick with them forever. God bless, you two.
Love your show and never miss an episode. Please be careful when you install the gypsom bords where the doors are, if the screws you use here are to long they will scratch your door when it slides. I think you are doing an awsome job with the mobile home the farm and your lovely family
It looks great Ben. After Hurricane Katrina flooded my home, we upgraded to copper wiring. Friends came over to help with the sheetrock. I had fiberglass coated sheetrock put in because of the danger of MOLD. I had a bunch of Sharpie pens on hand for them to write Bible verses on the inside facing side. It was a blessing. You might want the boys to do something like that before the sheetrock is put up. Sending love from South Louisiana.
I am so excited for you if I could do flips I would! Everything is looking so so good and it is a hugeeeeeee job. It's going to be so so nice! I can only imagine how you are all feeling! Actually I know as I have experienced the same! So happy for you .............. Meg is just smiles all over the place! So cute! I am praying you can get inside before baby comes but I know how schedules can go and the animals to tend to, not to mention the gardens etc. It will be so nice, I am just so proud of you two and what you are accomplishing, and on your own homestead! You are both so so talented and that is a huge blessing .......... as much as you didn't like working all those hours at the "old job" the knowledge of all of it and your talents put together have given you the ability to adapt and look what you are doing now! So so so proud and happy for you both! Prayers coming your way and best of everything!
Blessings
You are all looking so amazingly vibrant and alive with health, compared to on the road. Powerful testament to dirt to table life.
It’s all looking good. Lots of fun for the boys. Love it
Oh what fun I would love that need check it out and fix my grandson one and sweet boys growing so fast ❤️.Wow Ben love the pantry door and looking great y'all are getting so close . Y'all are always in my prayers Thanks for sharing so happy for y'all ❤️😊 God Bless sweet friend's ❤️❤️
I feel like I'm getting spoiled with all the uploads lately :D
Glad to see all of you celebrate when you get something accomplished. It is exciting to see this plan unfold into real life, real home.
Lol volunteered potato garden launcher lol they're so fun
Your helper is doing a great job! Always there to be company, hand you what you need when you're up a ladder, just doing anything he can to help in any way you need. Your home is shaping up nicely! I absolutely agree on the insulation to lower the boys' noise. I have two boys... they are young adults... they STILL need to insulated against their noise! It's also good to insulate against kitchen noise. Basically, I think everyone should be insulating interior walls because insulation does more than keep the heat and cold out!
if you got a air compressor you can make some water jet rockets from soda bottles, i made tons of em as a kid...
Ssssh... don't give them ideas, they have enough of their own. LOL
Love what you've done to your place. How cool on the air conditioning. I'm excited to watch you install the splits. I've had my eye on them at Lowes....and I keep dropping hints to hubby about doing this for our place. This way you're heating/cooling the zones exactly the way you want instead of one temperature for the entire house.
Happy Father's Day Ben!!!
Have a blessed weekend😊 Hygs to y'all!
God I just love you too you're a spirit of
You guys have come a long way, great job. Wishing only the best for your family.
You seem to have building and welding skills. What was in your past that developed these skills. Just wondering, thanks...
You guys are so close to being able to move in. That is so exciting. Yes, Air Conditioning makes it a home. Expecially as hot and humid as it gets there. You all stay healthy and safe. God Bless Y'all.
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I have been binge watching. It is 2023. Love watching a male in a tool belt. I have always loved tools. Would rather have a chop saw then jewlery.